Improvement in driving-rein supports and protectors



W. N. .`WILLSN. Driv-ing-Reil'n Supports and Protectdbs.` "N0. 139,842.PatentedJuneUlO. 1873@ UNITED STATES PATENT i OFFICE. N N

WILLIAM N. C. WILLSON', OF SUMMIT POINT, WEST VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRIVING-NEIN SUPPORTS AND PROTECTORS..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,842, dated J une10, 1873; application led May 19, 1873.

scription of the same, reference being had to the `accompanying drawing.forming part of this specification.

The invention relates to means for preventing the usually annoyingpractice which belongs to all draft quadrupeds of switching the reinsout of their proper position and clamping them under their caudalextremities. The invention will irst be fully described in connectionwith all that is necessary to a full understanding thereof, and thenclearly pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective view; Fig. 3, a vertical section ofsocket-piece; and Fig. 2, a side elevation of a modification.

In the drawing, A .represents a socketed stand having the set-screw a.,and the perforated foot or feet a', by which it may be fastened to theupper part of the shaft or pole C.

One is placed upon each shaft, and in their sockets are' secured theends of the bent rod or rein-protector B, which is provided with a loopor rein-holder, b. The ends of the rod B, for some distance up, may benotched at intervals, b1, to receive the pointof screw, and the rod mayalso have a brace or braces, b2. By this construction, the rein-holderand protector B may be adjusted to correspond to the height of thedraft-animal employed, so that the reins will be held at suitableelevation, and so that the tail will be prevented from interferingwithit, but yet not unnecessarily cramped or confined in its movements.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and -desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is-

lA drivin g-rein support, consisting of the bent rod B b, socket-stand Aa', and clamp or set-screw a, all combined and applied to the l pole orshafts, as set forth.

W. N. C. WILLSON. Witnesses:

SoLoN C. KnMoN, T. D. DURBIN DURAND.

